2006–07 National League A season

2006–07 National League A Season
League	National League A
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of games	44
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
Best Record	HC Davos
Runners-up	SC Bern
Top scorer	Simon Gamache (SC Bern)
Playoffs
Semi-Final #1 champions	HC Davos
Semi-Final #1 runners-up	Kloten Flyers
Semi-Final #2 champions	SC Bern
Semi-Final #2 runners-up	EV Zug
National League A Championship
Champions	HC Davos
Runners-up	SC Bern

The 2006-07 NLA season was the 69th regular season of the Nationalliga A (NLA), the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland.

New Rules

There are a few changes of rules for the new season.

3-Point System

For the first time an NLA season is run with a 3-point system. A team gets now 3 points for a win after 60 minutes, instead of 2.

Overtime

A tied game after 60 minutes results in an overtime of 5 minutes, which is played 4 vs. 4 (this is not a rule change). But now, if a team scores a goal it gets two points while the other team also gets a point.

Penalty Shootout

If the game still remains tied after the overtime, there will be a penalty shootout with 3 shots per team. The winner team will get two points and the other team one point.

Regular season

Final standings

	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1.	HC Davos	44	26	13	2	3	154	120	85
2.	SC Bern	44	24	13	5	2	163	115	84
3.	EV Zug	44	22	13	6	3	153	117	81
4.	HC Lugano	44	25	15	1	3	143	123	80
5.	Kloten Flyers	44	22	14	6	2	173	128	80
6.	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	44	19	17	5	3	149	141	70
7.	Genève-Servette HC	44	19	19	2	4	147	140	65
8.	ZSC Lions	44	13	19	9	3	111	127	60
9.	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	14	21	1	8	128	165	52
10.	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	44	12	19	1	12	134	167	50
11.	SCL Tigers	44	12	26	5	1	115	160	47
12.	EHC Basel	44	9	28	4	3	103	170	38

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Simon Gamache	SC Bern	44	20	46	66	40
Alexandre Daigle	HC Davos	44	22	39	61	44
Kimmo Rintanen	Kloten Flyers	41	24	34	58	16
Christian Dubé	SC Bern	40	16	38	54	36
Jean-Guy Trudel	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	27	26	53	38
Hnat Domenichelli	HC Ambri-Piotta	44	21	31	52	50
Oleg Petrov	EV Zug	42	12	40	52	95
Michel Riesen	HC Davos	44	37	14	51	70
Domenico Pittis	Kloten Flyers	40	17	34	51	75
Serge Aubin	Genève-Servette HC	40	21	29	50	50

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

HC Davos (1) vs. ZSC Lions (8) Date Away Score Home February 24 Lions 3 2 Davos OT February 27 Davos 1 3 Lions   March 1 Lions 1 3 Davos   March 3 Davos 2 5 Lions   March 6 Lions 2 4 Davos   March 8 Davos 3 1 Lions   March 10 Lions 0 3 Davos   HC Davos wins series 4–3		SC Bern (2) vs. Genève-Servette HC (7) Date Away Score Home February 24 Genève 1 2 Bern   February 27 Bern 3 2 Genève   March 1 Genève 2 4 Bern   March 3 Bern 1 2 Genève   March 6 Genève 3 7 Bern   SC Bern wins series 4–1
EV Zug (3) vs. Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (6) Date Away Score Home February 24 Lakers 3 2 Zug   February 27 Zug 3 4 Lakers OT March 1 Lakers 4 1 Zug   March 3 Zug 6 5 Lakers OT March 6 Lakers 3 6 Zug   March 8 Zug 5 1 Lakers   March 10 Lakers 2 6 Zug   EV Zug wins series 4–3		HC Lugano (4) vs. Kloten Flyers (5) Date Away Score Home February 24 Flyers 6 3 Lugano   February 27 Lugano 2 3 Flyers OT March 1 Flyers 1 8 Lugano   March 3 Lugano 1 3 Flyers   March 6 Flyers 3 5 Lugano   March 8 Lugano 1 3 Flyers   Kloten Flyers wins series 4–2

Semifinals

HC Davos (1) vs. Kloten Flyers (5) Date Away Score Home March 13 Kloten 0 5 Davos   March 15 Davos 3 4 Kloten   March 17 Kloten 3 4 Davos   March 20 Davos 6 3 Kloten   March 22 Kloten 1 3 Davos   HC Davos wins series 4–1

SC Bern (2) vs. EV Zug (3) Date Away Score Home March 13 Zug 0 4 Bern   March 15 Bern 1 0 Zug   March 17 Zug 0 4 Bern   March 20 Bern 1 3 Zug   March 22 Zug 0 4 Bern   SC Bern wins series 4–1

Finals

HC Davos (1) vs. SC Bern (2) Date Away Score Home March 27 Bern 2 3 Davos March 29 Davos 0 4 Bern March 31 Bern 1 3 Davos April 3 Davos 2 3 Bern April 5 Bern 1 3 Davos April 7 Davos 1 2 Bern April 9 Bern 0 1 Davos HC Davos wins series 4–3

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Simon Gamache	SC Bern	15	7	9	16	10
Christian Dubé	SC Bern	16	0	16	16	24
Josef Marha	HC Davos	18	8	6	14	24
Kimmo Rintanen	Kloten Flyers	11	6	7	13	2
Alexandre Daigle	HC Davos	17	4	9	13	4
Zbynek Irgl	HC Davos	15	8	4	12	20
Mariusz Czerkawski	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	7	6	6	12	16
Peter Guggisberg	HC Davos	18	6	5	11	4
Radek Hamr	Kloten Flyers	11	2	9	11	22
Marc Reichert	SC Bern	16	6	4	10	4

Relegation (Playout)

After the conclusion of the regular season, the bottom 4 teams will compete in a 4-team elimation playoff, with the lossing team advancing to determine which team will face the champions of the National League B. The winner of the best-of-7 series will play in the National League A next season, while the losing team will play in the National League B.

Semifinals

HC Ambri-Piotta (9) vs. EHC Basel (12) Date Away Score Home February 24 Basel 2 3 Ambrì-Piotta   February 27 Ambrì-Piotta 5 4 Basel OT March 1 Basel 2 4 Ambrì-Piotta   March 3 Ambrì-Piotta 2 3 Basel   March 6 Basel 5 4 Ambri-Piotta OT March 8 Ambrì-Piotta 2 3 Basel   March 10 Basel 1 5 Ambrì-Piotta   HC Ambri-Piotta wins series 4–3

Fribourg-Gottéron HC (10) vs. SCL Tigers (11) Date Away Score Home February 24 Tigers 3 6 Fribourg   February 27 Fribourg 3 2 Tigers   March 1 Tigers 3 4 Fribourg OT March 3 Fribourg 4 3 Tigers OT Fribourg-Gottéron HC wins series 4–0

Finals

SCL Tigers vs. EHC Basel Date Away Score Home March 13 Basel 0 2 Tigers   March 15 Tigers 3 4 Basel   March 17 Basel 2 9 Tigers   March 20 Tigers 0 4 Basel   March 22 Basel 4 0 Tigers   March 24 Tigers 2 3 Basel OT EHC Basel wins series 4–2

League Qualification

SCL Tigers vs. EHC Biel Date Away Score Home March 29 EHC Biel 1 4 Tigers March 31 Tigers 5 2 Biel April 3 Biel 5 2 Tigers April 5 Tigers 6 1 Biel April 7 Biel 3 5 Tigers SCL Tigers wins series 4–1

References

• sehv.ch

Results from Puck.ch

• LNA Regular Season 2006-2007

External links

• hockeyfans.ch